Customer Premises Equipment (cpe) Self-Organization in Fixed Wireless Access (fwa) Network

1. A method performed by a first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; and modifying operation of at least the first CPE based at least in part on the information received from the second CPE over the second interface; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; and wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the FWA network operates according to at least one citizens band radio service (CBRS) standard, wherein the plurality of base stations of the FWA network are respective CBSDs according to the at least one CBRS standard, wherein the first interface is defined by the at least one CBRS standard, and wherein the second interface is not defined by the at least one CBRS standard.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the FWA network operates according to at least one long-term evolution (LTE) standard, wherein the plurality of base stations are respective eNodeBs according to the at least one LTE standard, wherein the first interface is defined by the at least one LTE standard, and wherein the second interface between the is not defined by the at least one LTE standard.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the FWA network further comprises an evolved packet core (EPC) according to the at least one LTE standard, wherein at least the first base station and a second base station of the plurality of base stations are each connected to the EPC through a respective S1 interface according to the at least one LTE standard, and wherein at least the first base station and the second base station are interconnected by an X2 interface according to the at least one LTE standard.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first CPE is mounted on an outside of the first customer premises, wherein at least the first end-user client device is inside the first customer premises, wherein the second CPE is mounted on an outside of the second customer premises, and wherein at least the second end-user client device is inside the second customer premises.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first base station is mounted on a first transmission tower and connected by fiber to a data center of the FWA network, and wherein the second base station is mounted on a second transmission tower and connected by fiber to the data center of the FWA network.

7. A method performed by a first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE; and wherein modifying the operation of at least the first CPE based at least on part on information received from the second CPE comprises, responsive to the information indicating an error condition of the second CPE, increasing power of the first CPE until at least the second client device at the second customer premises connects to the first CPE instead of the second CPE.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein once at least the second client device at the second customer premises connects to the first CPE instead of the second CPE, the first CPE at the first customer premises provides access to the FWA network to at least the first client device at the first customer premises and provides access to the FWA network to at least the second client device at the second customer premises.

9. A method performed by a first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE; and wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface further comprises information about a third CPE received by the second CPE from the third CPE over a third interface between the second CPE and the third CPE.

10. A method performed by a first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE; and wherein each of the first CPE and the second CPE is capable of connecting remotely to at least the first base station and a second base station of the FWA network but can be only connected to one of the plurality of base stations at a time.

11. A method performed by a first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE; and wherein the second CPE is connected remotely to a second base station of the FWA network, and wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface further comprises information about operation of the second base station.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about: at least one of a load, a capacity, and a performance of the second CPE; at least one of a load, a capacity, and a performance of the second base station; and at least one of a load, a capacity, and a performance of a connection between the second CPE and the second base station.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about: at least one resource requirement of the second CPE; and at least one resource availability of the second base station.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first CPE connects to the second base station upon receiving confirmation from the second CPE over the second interface that the second CPE has disconnected from the second base station responsive to the message.

15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising, responsive to a first determination by the first CPE based at least in part on the information about the second base station received from the second CPE over the second interface, disconnecting from the first base station and connecting to the second base station, wherein the first determination comprises the second base station being better for the first CPE than the first base station.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising, responsive to a second determination by the first CPE based at least in part on the information about the second CPE received from the second CPE over the second interface, sending a message to the second CPE over the second interface instructing the second CPE to disconnect from the second base station and connect to the first base station.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second determination comprises the first base station being adequate for the second CPE.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second determination comprises benefits of the first CPE connecting to the second base station instead of the first base station outweighing costs of the second CPE connecting to the first base station instead of the second base station.

19. A computer program product usable by a first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the computer program comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine-readable program code embodied therewith, said machine-readable program code being operative to cause the first CPE to perform a method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; and modifying operation of at least the first CPE based at least in part on the information received from the second CPE over the second interface; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; and wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE.

20. A first customer premises equipment (CPE) at a first customer premises within a fixed wireless access (FWA) network comprising a plurality of base stations, the first CPE comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and operative to perform a method comprising: connecting remotely over a first interface to a first base station of the FWA network; providing access over the first interface to the FWA network to at least a first client device locally connected to the first CPE at the first customer premises; receiving information over a second interface from a second CPE at a second customer premises within the FWA network to modify operation of at least the first CPE; and modifying operation of at least the first CPE based at least in part on the information received from the second CPE over the second interface; wherein the second CPE provides access to the FWA network to at least a second client device locally connected to the second CPE at the second customer premises; and wherein the information received from the second CPE over the second interface comprises information about operation of the second CPE.